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Re: Any other terms for 'contrary to'?

No. That's not generally how we use "contrary to".

Contrary to his announcement yesterday, today he announced that there will in fact be job losses when the company changes hands.
Contrary to what we were told last week, Brad Pitt actually did show up at the festival on Monday.

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